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19. Romcdcosoma Viridinota, Butler. 



? . Lep. Exot., p. 82, n. 3, pi. xxxi., fig. 3 (1871). -^ 



J. Xearly resembles B. Janassia {\ o{ B. Mcdon) ; but ^/ 



(lifters above in the less oblique and greener tinted yellow / 



band of primaries, and in the presence of a broad central 

 yellowish green band extending from costa to second 

 median branch of secondaries ; below deeper in colour, 

 otherwise almost identical : expanse of wings, 2 inches, 7 

 lines. 



Gaboon {Lu ChaiUu). c?, ?, B.M. 

 Tlie males of B. 3Icdon and B. Agnes seem to differ only 

 in the shape of the yellow band on upper surface of prima- 

 ries. From an examination of the fine Collection recently 

 made by ]\Ir. ]\Ionteiro in Angola, it appears that B. Medoii 

 is the common species there, B. Agnes being scarce, whilst 

 at Ashanti and Sierra Leone the latter species is very 

 common to the entire seclusion of B. Mcdon. 



GENUS APATURA. Fahricius. 

 20. Ajjatiou Salstituta, n. sp. 



S . Nearly allied to A. Ilia, difters above in the brighter 

 purple shot ; tlie broader trifid tawny band beyond end of 

 cell in primaries and the less lunate character of the sub- 

 marginal taAvny spots of all the wings ; the discal series of 

 black spots in secondaries obsolete ; the whole disc between 

 the tawny bands being l)lack brown ; tlie central band 

 sharply angulated externally, more so even than in A. Iris; 

 wings below more brightly coloured than in A. Ilia, all 

 the white bands broader ; the central band of secondaries 

 as above, but white with a faint rosy shot ; submarginal 

 interrupted liUuMne lunate band prominent; discal spots of 

 secondaries not so well defined : expanse of wings, 3 inches, 

 2 lines. 



N. China {Fryer) ■ Japan (Bligh). B.M. 



Tlus species is a local representative of A. Ilia; it is a 

 well defined form, although less marked in its distinctive 

 characteristics tluin A. Ilrra of Folder. 



